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Artist Residency Opportunities: October-November 2023

The following funders have announced application cycles for artist residency programs and other opportunities. ORCS has compiled this list for faculty in School of the Arts who may have in an interest in such programs. Most of these residencies take place in the summer or winter break, or have flexible start dates.

These opportunities are primarily individual, direct-to-applicant awards. ORCS may be able to provide some application assistance, pending staff availability. Contact orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

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Summary

Application Due Date

The Buinho Residency program is designed for individuals hailing from diverse creative and research backgrounds. Running 2 weeks – 2 months, we empower our residents to delve into an array of cutting-edge technologies, including 3D Printing, Lasercut, CNC, and more.

October 27, 2023

Based in Buenos Aires, Exploration Residencies provide accompaniment, research resources and local contacts for carrying out projects. All of our residents receive tutoring and mentoring, accompaniment and work critiques from the ´ace team and specialized professionals. This program is aimed at professional and emerging artists from any discipline who want to work on visual, sound or performance art research, or who wish to have a space for reflection to create, investigate or write.b 4-8 weeks.

October 31, 2023

We offer solo residencies of 1-3 weeks in a well-appointed cottage in deep woods above Hammersley Inlet on Puget Sound. The cottage is five miles from Shelton, a small logging town. The place is good accommodation for writers, visual artists, academics, playwrights and artists in other fields. 

November 1, 2023

The Studios is a unique residency housed in MASS MoCA – one of the world’s largest contemporary art museums. The Studios residency hosts artist and writers within the museum’s factory campus and is surrounded by the beautiful Berkshire Mountains. Operated by MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program, the residency runs year-round and hosts up to 10 artists at a time. Artists of any nationality can apply for stays of 2-8 weeks.

November 8, 2023

Located in the heart of Savannah’s Starland District at Sulfur Studios, the ON::VIEW Artist Residency provides a free, high visibility studio space for artists in all media to complete a new project, to continue an in-progress endeavor, or to conduct research exploring conceptual, material, performative, and social practices. 

December 1, 2023

Chulitna Lodge Wilderness Retreat seeks to provide the time, space, clarity and facilities for all forms of creative professionals or enthusiastic hobbyists to make and meditate. From visual artists, to writers, to scientific researchers, music, dance and more we encourage all to apply for our various programs. 1-6 weeks.

December 31, 2023

Film & Media Funding: Fall 2023

The following funders have announced film grant opportunities for Fall 2023. ORCS has compiled this list for School of the Arts and VMA faculty who have expressed interest in finding funding for film and media projects.

Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

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Film Type/Topic

Next Deadline

The Episodic Lab is open to any emerging writer applying with a completed draft of a half hour or hour-long television pilot they wish to workshop during the program. The teleplay should have a scientific, mathematical and/or technological theme and storyline or have a leading character that is a scientist, engineer or mathematician.

Application open: 10 November, 2023 – 10 February, 2024

Hatched provides support to US-based filmmakers who are nearing completion or have recently completed a documentary film and who have plans to strategize, build, and launch an impact campaign.

Application open: 15 November, 2023 – 17 January, 2024

The Climate Story Fund supports compelling storytelling and impact campaigns from around the world that move us closer to a climate just and biodiverse future. We are looking for creative nonfiction projects that can complete production this year with support from the Fund. Awards will range between $20,000 and $100,000.

Application open: 1 December, 2023 – 1 February, 2024

The New Filmmaker Program loans digital camera packages (based on availability) to filmmakers for student thesis films and  low-budget independent features.

Application open: 20 January, 2023 – 20 January, 2024

The Ford Foundation seeks to reduce inequality in all of its forms, and artist-driven documentary and emerging media projects are crucial to this effort. As part of the Creativity and Free Expression program, JustFilms funds social justice storytelling and the 21st-century arts infrastructure that supports it.

Application open: 5 September, 2023 – 5 September, 2024

Film & Media Funding: AY23–24

Many Emerson School of the Arts and VMA faculty have expressed interest in finding funding for narrative and documentary film, and media projects. ORCS has prepared a list of film and media funders to get you started.

Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

Funder Name

Film Type/Topic

Next Deadline

narrative fiction feature film related to science, technology or economics in distribution phase

Application open: rolling deadline

documentary film, new works by New England filmmakers: all stages of production

August 31, 2023: Development/Pre-Production
January, 2024 (expected): Production/Post-production

public media film & television projects representing culture & experience of Native Americans

September 30, 2023
December 31, 2023
March 31, 2024
June 30, 2024

documentaries for public television about Asian Americans: production or post-production

October, 2023 (expected)

documentary; short film; feature film

October 31, 2023
March 31, 2024
June 30, 2024

documentary films related to California: Research & Development, Production

November 1, 2023

social issue documentary films highlighting Asian American narratives: research & development and early production

November, 2023 (expected)

feature-length documentaries addressing social issues: advanced development, production & post-production

November 15, 2023
May 15, 2024

small grants to individuals for independent film/media projects focused on environment or climate crisis

December, 2023 (expected)

short films, feature films, new media projects: development, production, post-production

January 1, 2024
June 1, 2024
August 1, 2024

documentary films, radio programs, podcasts that engage with humanities: development, production & distribution

January 10, 2024

non-fiction projects, priority to raising underrepresented voices

Early 2024

long form, shorts or episodic documentaries, podcasts, radio documentaries engaging in climate conversation

February, 2024 (expected)

narrative feature films that address social justice issues: screenwriting, development, or post-production

March, 2024 (expected)

documentaries & limited series on the Latino experience: production & post-production, limited research & development funds

June, 2024 (expected)

documentary producers with deep roots in southern states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV. Projects in production only.

August, 2024 (expected)

Applicants of color working on standard-length non-fiction projects that have not begun production

August, 2024 (expected)

2024 Creative Capital Award Cycle

Many Emerson faculty artists have been interested in The Creative Capital Foundation’s annual awards. The Foundation will open its 2024 individual grant program on March 1, with letters of inquiry due on March 31, 2023. The Creative Capital Foundation provides awards and advisory services to artists in 34 different disciplines, including visual art, performing arts, film, and literature.

In celebration of their 25th Anniversary, Creative Capital has announced one-time theme for the 2023/2024 grant cycles: “Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact.” In the next grant cycle, Creative Capital is seeking proposals for new artistic work that address social, economic, and environmental justice, and advance the global dialogue around the sustainability of artists, our communities, our planet, and beyond.

This year, artists will be able to submit applications for their projects in

Visual Arts: including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture, design, multimedia, installation, video art, new genres, craft, and socially engaged and/or sustainable visual art-based practices

Film & Moving Image: including experimental film, short film, animation, documentary film, narrative film, and socially engaged and/or sustainable film/moving image-based practices

Creative Capital is one of the only non-profit organizations to offer awards to individual artists through an open application process; therefore, it is very competitive, with less than 1% of applicants receiving awards. Creative Capital provides each funded project with up to $50,000 in direct funding, and career development services valued at $45,000.

In recent years, more than 75% of awardees have been artists of color—including Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous artists—of all ages, abilities, and regions across the United States.

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Film & Media Funding

Many Emerson School of the Arts and VMA faculty have expressed interest in finding funding for narrative and documentary film, and media projects. ORCS has prepared a list of film and media funders to get you started.

Some of these funders make awards to individual artists; some may require a fiscal sponsor. Emerson can serve as a fiscal sponsor many of those cases. Please contact us at orcs@emerson.edu for more details.

Funder Name

Film Type/Topic

Next Deadline

narrative fiction feature film related to science, technology or economics in distribution phase

Application open: rolling deadline

long form, shorts or episodic documentaries, podcasts, radio documentaries engaging in climate conversation

February 1, 2023

narrative feature films that address social justice issues: screenwriting, development, or post-production

March 24, 2023

public media film & television projects representing culture & experience of Native Americans

March 31, 2023

documentary; short film; feature film

March 31, 2023

2023 call for new Visual Arts & Film/Moving Image projects that push boundaries

April 1, 2023

non-fiction projects, priority to raising underrepresented voices

April 17, 2023

feature-length documentaries addressing social issues: advanced development, production & post-production

May 15, 2023 November 15, 2023

short films, feature films, new media projects: development, production, post-production

June 1, 2023

documentaries & limited series on the Latino experience: production & post-production, limited research & development funds

June, 2023 (expected)

documentary producers with deep roots in southern states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV. Projects in production only.

July, 2023 (expected)

documentary films, radio programs, podcasts that engage with humanities: development, production & distribution

August 9, 2023

documentary film, new works by New England filmmakers: all stages of production

August 31, 2023: Development/Pre-Production
January, 2024 (expected): Production/Post-production

Applicants of color working on standard-length non-fiction projects that have not begun production

September, 2023 (expected)

documentaries for public televison about Asian Americans: production or post-production

October, 2023 (expected)

social issue documentary films highlighting Asian American narratives: research & development and early production

November, 2023 (expected)

documentary films related to California: Research & Development, Production

November 1, 2023

small grants to individuals for independent film/media projects

December, 2023 (expected)

Faculty Spotlight: January Part II

Julide Etem, affiliated faculty in the department of Visual and Media Arts has a new article “A Transnational Communication Network Promoting Film Diplomacy: The case of Turkey and the USA, 1950–86” in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television published by Taylor & Francis Research Insights.

David Kishik, Associate Professor of philosophy in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies has an article “Homo Schizoid: Destituent Power & Nonrelational Life” in Ethics & Politics, an open access philosophical journal published by the philosophy department at the Italian Università di Trieste in Northern Italy.

Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Assistant Professor in the department of Writing, Literature and Publishing has a new essay “Sounding the Americas: The Politics and Aesthetics of Racialised Acoustics” in the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies published by Taylor & Francis Research Insights.

Faculty Spotlight: January Part I

Kim McLarin, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the department of Writing, Literature and Publishing has a new book James Baldwin’s Another Country: Bookmarked published by Ig Publishing that will be released on February 9, 2021.

Spencer Kimball, Assistant Professor of Political and Sports Communication and Director of Emerson Polling was interviewed by NBC10 Boston about a new PBS New Hour-Marist poll and what it reveals about partisanship since the January 6 attack on the capitol.

Maria San Filippo, Associate Professor in the department of Visual and Media Arts has a new book “Provocauteurs and Provocations: Screening Sex in 21st Century Media” coming out in February from Indiana University Press.

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