Artist Award Applications
due September 30, 2021
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Submissions for the next round of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County’s (ACA) Artist Awards,
in support of Newport County artists and art projects
to benefit the community,
are due before midnight on
Thursday, September 30, 2021.
Notifications to the awardees will be made
on October 31, 2021.
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Artists of all backgrounds, identities, and artistic disciplines including visual arts (illustration, graphic design, multimedia), performing arts (dance, music, theatre), literary arts (creative writing, poetry), and any other traditional or emerging field and residing in and/or offering artistic programs to any of the six Newport County communities (Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton) are strongly encouraged to apply. *
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for application, submission guidelines,
and contact information.*
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ASSETS FOR ARTISTS
Assets for Artists is providing artists with new, crisis-focused, distance-learning opportunities that largely retain the intimate cohort-focused style of our in-person workshops. Some workshops translate their usual offerings into an online format, while many cover new topics that focus specifically on current challenges, relief efforts, and opportunities.
All workshops are FREE and held via Zoom, with pre-registration required to keep the cohorts at a size that maximizes participation and peer support.
“The Essentials of Digital Marketing” w/ Francesca Olsen
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM
“Crowdfunding for Artist Projects” w/ Laura Christensen
Wednesday, October 6 | 2:00 - 4:00 PM
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Jamestown Arts Center
The Jamestown Arts Center is providing several opportunities for artists to submit their work or proposals for outdoor sculpture, murals, and an upcoming gallery exhibition. The calls to entry are open to all. As the JAC seeks to elevate the voice of all artists, artists who identify as BIPOC, as LGBTQIA+, who identify as having differences in ability or as part of the Disabled Community, and people of all social and economic backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Request for Proposals:
Honorarium for loan of artwork: $500
Rolling deadline
Stipend for creation of work: $500
Rolling deadline
Emerging to internationally established artists are encouraged to submit their work to the exhibition curated by Danielle Ogden, opening March 18, 2022. Deadline: December 1, 2021.
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RISCA Folk Arts Apprenticeship and Fellowship Grants Program
The folk arts are defined as those artistic practices which are community or family-based and express that community’s aesthetic heritage and tradition. The learning process is informal and is passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth, apprenticeship, and imitation.
Folk Arts Fellowship Grant (FAF)
Folk Arts Fellowships provide support to individual artists who demonstrate the highest level of skill and accomplishments in their craft.
Deadline: All applications and support materials must be submitted online by October 1, 2021, 11:59 PM on the deadline day (for activities taking place from January 1 to June 30).
One $5,000 Folk Arts Fellowship and one $1,000 Folk Arts Fellowship Merit Award will be granted each year.
Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grant (FAA)
Folk Arts Apprenticeships are designed to foster the sharing of traditional (folk) artistic skills between a master and an apprentice who is already familiar with the genre. The program creates this opportunity specifically for individuals who share a common cultural heritage.
Deadline: All applications and support materials must be submitted online by October 1, 2021, 11:59 PM on the deadline day (for activities taking place from January 1 to June 30).
Grant requests may range from $1,000 to $3,000.
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The Newport String Project
Season Opening Concert:
A Celebration of Family and Friends
at the Newport Art Museum
September 26th, 2:00pm
The Season Opening Concert pairs old cherished works by Romantic era composers Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann with an evocative and sentimental 20th century work by American composer William Grant Still.
Program
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major
William Grant Still
Lyric String Quartet “Musical Portraits of Three Friends”
Robert Schumann
String Quartet Op. 41 No. 3 in A minor
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Newport County Youth Chorus
Free after-school programs to Elementary and Middle School students.
Free to participate and no audition or previous experience is necessary — just a love of singing! NCYC celebrates everyone’s unique voice and how it contributes and strengthens their community of voices. Participants learn music in a variety of styles and genres as well as develop their vocal technique and musical skills. Rehearsals are fun, encouraging and joyful!
All NCYC programs begin the week of September 27.
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The Newport Art Museum
New exhibition, "ReVision"
with work by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
On view to the public
Saturday, September 25
through January 9, 2022.
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This exhibition, along with the Opening Reception, align with the Museum's mission to present a diversity of voices in its galleries and to cultivate conversations inspired by art.
Opening Reception celebrating "ReVision"
Thursday, September 30 from 5 - 7 pm.
The Opening Reception is free for Museum members, and $10 suggested donation for the general public.
76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI.
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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge,
September 3, 1802
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Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
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*PLEASE NOTE:
ACA Artist Awards’ applicants and all who would like to be featured in the ACA's Splash! newsletter
must be a supporter of the ACA at the time of submission
$25: Artist
$50: Individual
$75: Supporting Artist
$100: Non-Profits, Businesses & Galleries
$250: Partners in Arts & Culture
or checks can be mailed to
Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County
PO Box 4334, Middletown, RI 02842.
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About the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County:
Since 1994, the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, has promoted and advanced arts and culture in Newport County for the benefit of the community. A member-supported organization, the ACA offers events, networking opportunities, support for artist members, and hosts arts and cultural events for the greater community. ACA aims to help guide the interconnection between creative and cultural contributors, and the people of Newport County.
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