Previous applications have included such forms of choreography as ballet, jazz,
mime, modern and tap. Choreographers must submit two works completed within
the past four years (2001 or later), each on a separate DVD or videotape.
• Clay • Fiber • Glass• Leather
• Metal • Paper• Plastic • Wood • Mixed Media
Craft artists must submit slide documentation of works completed within the
past four years (2001 or later). Photographs will not be accepted. Artists should
consider a consistency in the body of work submitted for review.
The Ethnic and Folk Arts are defined as those artistic practices
which have a community or family base, express that community's aesthetic, heritage
and tradition and have endured through several generations. These art forms
reflect the particular culture of the regional, language, tribal or nationality
group from which they spring. Ethnic and Folk Arts Fellowships honor exemplary
artists who have achieved mastery of a folk or traditional ethnic art appropriate
to their heritage.
Applications in the past have included many art forms, among them traditional
American quilts, Polish paper cutting, Native American beadwork, banjo construction,
African-American hair braiding, Thai Dance Costume, East Indian Dance, Afro-Cuban
Percussion, African-American storytelling, Irish tin whistle and Spanish guitar.
NOTE: Preference will be given to those artists whose work
reflects their own heritage.
Audio art consists of work created and
produced by the applicant for broadcast, independent presentation or webbased
realtime audio (as opposed to soundtracks for film, video or installation; or
traditional musical compositions). This can include experimental narratives,
radio dramas, documentaries, sound constructions, audio collages/montages and
radio artworks.
Film and Video include documentary, experimental,
animated and narrative works. These do not include works having primarily a
corporate, industrial or educational audience.
Media artists must submit two works completed within the
past four years (1999 or later).
This category accepts applications from performance-based
artists creating original work, including performance artists,
solo theater artists and performance poets.
Applicants must submit two works completed
within the past four years (1999 or later).
Prose includes fiction (short stories and novel excerpts)
and creative non-fiction. Creative non-fiction is distinguished from non-fiction
by its strong narrative literary quality found in personal essays or memoirs.
This does not include works that are primarily analytical, scholarly or journalistic.
Prose writers must submit five copies of a minimum of 15
and a maximum of 30 pages of work completed within the past four years (1999
or later).
