Opportunities 

Call for Proposals
Minnesota Creative Arts Therapy Association

MNCATA (the Minnesota Creative Arts Therapy Association) is hosting its first annual conference on Saturday March 14, 2009. MNCATA is a professional organization for professionals and students in the creative arts therapies — drama therapy, dance therapy, poetry therapy, music therapy, art therapy, psychodrama, expressive arts therapy, etc. We will have two tracks of programming. One track is for professional development, and one track is open to the general public. We are requesting proposals for presentations at the conference. Presentation slots are 1 1/2 hours (90 minutes) long. We are hoping for diversity of creative arts therapy modalities (music therapy, drama therapy, poetry therapy, dance therapy, art therapy, psychodrama, expressive arts therapy, etc), diversity of populations, and diversity of presenters. Preference will be given to licensed and credentialled professionals, but we are open to proposals from anyone using the arts therapeutically. Please email proposals (as a word attachment or in the body of the email) to harry@artsofpassage.com, or snailmail to: MNCATA, c/o Arts of Passage, 2601 2nd Ave. S., Suite 3B, Minneapolis MN 55408.  
 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Spirit in the House
February 27 to March 8, 2009, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church
Application Deadline Extended to December 15

Spirit in the House is a juried festival of theater, dance, film, storytelling and ritual designed to promote interfaith dialogue through the performing arts. Twenty live productions and fifteen films will be selected for the 2009 festival.  If interested in receiving an application to produce a show, email Dean Seal at sealtotal [at] aol.com. A non-refundable fee of $25 is required to submit. If your production is selected you pay an additional $375 for five performance slots. 

Deadline: January 20, 2009
Multi-Arts Production Fund Offers Support for New Work in Performing Arts

The Multi-Arts Production Fund, a program of Creative Capital ( http://www.creative-capital.org/ ), supports original new work in all disciplines and traditions of the live performing arts.  The goal of the MAP Fund is “to assist artists who are exploring and challenging the dynamics of live performance within our changing society, thus reflecting our culture’s innovation and growing diversity.” MAP seeks especially to support work that
brings insight and vibrant critique to the issue of cultural difference, be that in class, gender, generation, ethnicity, or tradition.   Applications for MAP support must come from organizations based in the United States that have current nonprofit federal tax status. Nonprofit artist-services organizations may apply as fiscal sponsors on behalf of unincorporated artists or ensembles.  The MAP Fund supports only artistic projects that contain or will contain a live-performance component. Support may be applied to any phase of a project, up to and including its premiere run. The touring of completed projects is not eligible for MAP funding. MAP is especially interested in providing support to work early in its development. Eligible projects must not have premiered in  or outside the United States before September 1, 2009.

All proposals are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria, which are weighed equally: the artistic strength of the proposed project; how well a project aligns with the MAP Fund’s goal of supporting innovation in all traditions and disciplines of live performance, especially work that brings insight to the issue of cultural difference, be that in class, gender, generation, ethnicity, form, or tradition; and the viability of the project based on applicant’s professional capabilities as demonstrated by their proposal.

Up to forty awards are given each year. Award amounts range from $10,000 to $45,000. The average award amount is $22,000.  Guidelines are available and the online application process opened on November 10, 2008.

RFP Link:
http://www.mapfund.org/apply.html   For additional RFPs in Arts/Culture, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_arts.jhtml

Applications for the 2009 Minnesota Fringe Festival
Deadline:  January 30, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

Applications are due to the Fringe office in Minneapolis - this is not a postmark deadline!  Get more information about the application or fee deferment program at the Fringe website.  The 2009 Fringe lottery will be held in early February.   The festival itself will be Thursday, July 30 - Sunday, August 9.

Additional Member Benefit!

To help promote storytelling at these festivals,  and to increase awareness of Northstar, this year we will offer up to four members $50 toward the production of publicity materials in exchange for sponsorship recognition in those materials.  Your production must already have been accepted, and you must already  have placed your order for materials.  You must be a member at the time of your application, and your membership dues must be current.  Sponsorships will be first come, first served.  More details about applying for a sponsorship to follow!    

Advertise Your Storytelling Business and Events Nationally!

Any Minnesota storyteller or group is encourage to advertise its upcoming events in the National Storytelling Magazine. This is a great way to get the word out about the scope of the storytelling done in this state by the many different communities and groups. Below is the deadline and contact information for anyone wanting to get the word out nationally and help the magazine become self-supporting at the same time!

Jan/Feb issue - November 5th 2008
April/May issue - January 29, 2009
July/Aug issue - May 5, 2009
Sept/Oct issue - July 7, 2009
Nov/Dec issue - Sept 9, 2009

If you are interested in this opportunity, contact Ashleigh Bunn, Advertising Sales Rep, National StorytTelling Network at 303-579-0956 or by email at Ashleighbunn@storynet.org.