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I am pleased to report that the Northern New York Community Foundation (NNYCF) is sponsoring, in conjunction with the Association of Fundraising Professionals Central New York Chapter (AFP-CNY), three of the webinars included in the attached flyer.
You are all cordially invited, and encouraged to bring along
your board members, to the following upcoming webinars.
October 7th – Annual Campaign – Raising More Money with Fewer Resources
November 16th – Charity or Social Service Business? The Road to Sustainability
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Locations: One in Watertown and one in Canton/Potsdam area
No cost to attend due to a generous grant from the Northern
New York Community Foundation of Watertown
We would really like to ensure all area non-profits receive notice of
this great opportunity. Please pass it along to your local libraries, rescue squads,
fire departments, etc.
Look for more details coming soon. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested in attending the webinars, the webinar(s) you're interested in, the number
of people planning to attend, and the location (Watertown or Canton/Potsdam area).
E-Mail: development@unitedhelpers.org
Website: www.unitedhelpers.org
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VOLUNTEERS |
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If you are interested in volunteering for a 2-3 hour period during the day of the festival,
for free admission, please give us a call at 518-962-8778. Come and add to the fun and help make The Field, Forest and Stream Festival run smoothly. We are especially in need of youth volunteers for the early part of the festival to help set up from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
or for the latter part of the day to help break down the festival from 3:30- 5:30. Youth help would be greatly appreciated and will be able to receive a letter of recommendation for "community service credit" for your time volunteering.
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Volunteers Needed for The Great Grange Block Party
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We have so many pledges of help already - including fire trucks from the Whallonsburg
and Wadhams Fire Companies, help from Jim Morgan's Essex Highway crew, The Lakeside Preschool, and a dozen musicians, and sound and light technicians, bakers and cooks.
Mark and Cindy Wrisley are bringing a truckload of hay bales, Leroy Crowningshield has contributed a Wishing Well to be raffled, the County is closing down Whallons Bay Road
from the bridge to Route 22 and on it goes.
Now we need pledges of help from volunteers who can be on-site taking tickets and
helping with the food and the games and keeping a general eye on things. We figure on about a dozen people on hand all the time to take care of the different events. Please let us know by return email if you can take a two or three hour shift. Or come at one PM and help set up. Or stay until eight and help take it all down. We need commitments in advance to get it organized so please call or email now. THIS IS A CRITICAL FUNDRAISER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE NEW WELL WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IF WE ARE ONCE AGAIN TO ENJOY THIOSE GREAT DINNERS AND OTHER EVENTS. We also need: A refrigerator, Tents, canopies to cover the stage area etc., & Cookies and Brownies. MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE!
For more information about this event please call: (518) 962-4386.
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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
2011 Jazz Touring Network Guidelines
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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announces the availability of the 2011 guidelines for the Jazz Touring Network, a membership program created to expand the number of nonprofit venues in the mid-Atlantic region that present jazz on a regular basis. Members receive performance fee subsidies for jazz engagements and
support to attend bi-annual network meetings that provideopportunities for professional development and peer interaction.
The Jazz Touring Network is open to applications from presenting organizations within the mid-Atlantic region that have had little to no experience presenting jazz, and who also work with communities underserved by the arts. The application deadline for the program is August 30, 2010.
To view the guidelines click here. Questions concerning the program should
be directed to Sara Donnelly,
Program Officer, Jazz at
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or 410-539-6656 x116.
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 Arts Leadership Institute
Good companies—no, great companies—invest in executive education. They identify and encourage those who will lead the organization's mission and ensure its sustainable impact on the community. ABC/NY’s Arts Leadership Institute (ALI) is for new, emerging, and
would-be leaders on their path to executive roles at great arts organizations. Participants will be empowered with management techniques, personal leadership competencies, and the ongoing support of mentors and peers.
Is there someone on your staff who would excel with this kind of opportunity? Recommend they apply. Are you ready to push yourself to the next level? Apply to ALI 2010 and ‘be the change you want to see’. –Will Maitland Weiss, Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of New York
Since 1965, ABC/NY has drawn on the resources of the business community to sustain and improve the nonprofit arts community. This fall, through American Express' generous commitment to leadership development, we can again offer our unique Arts Leadership Institute. ALI 2010 is appropriate for arts managers with 5-15 years experience who can commit to six day-long sessions in October & November. The deadline to apply is August 27, 2010.
For more information and to apply please visit our website.
NAMPC Early Bird Deadline
Time is running out to take advantage of the best rate for the National Arts Marketing Project Conference: New Tech. New Tools. New Times. Don’t miss out on the early bird discount that expires on July 30! Join us in San Jose and be inspired by Chip Heath, moved by Chip Conley, and energized by over 100 presenters at more than 50 workshops and discussion groups. Plus, if you register now, you can also save $50 on a second registration.*
*Conditions apply. Visit the Conference website for details.
Planned Giving Workshop?
Getting Mobile with NYC ARTSApps
With support from a Cultural Innovation Fund grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Alliance is developing a calendar widget for cultural organizations to use on their websites and an iPhone application for NYC-ARTS.org. The Alliance seeks partner cultural organizations for the development and launch of NYC ARTSApps. For more information, please contact Joe Harrell at
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or 212.695.3940
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DCA Grants Available
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Developing Community Arts Grants (DCA) Deadline:
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
DCA Grants are available to support art and cultural activities taking place in Essex and
Southern Franklin Counties in 2011. Art and cultural organizations, libraries, youth groups,
towns, service groups, and other local non-profit groups offering artistic or cultural services
or programs to residents of Essex or southern Franklin Counties are all eligible to apply.
Developing Community Arts (DCA) Grants are available to support professional and
vocational level arts activities benefiting the public in theater, dance, music, film, video,
literature, visual arts, museums, and historical/cultural activities or art workshops held
for the benefit of the general public. Individual artists may apply through a non-profit
sponsor. Applicants may request up to $5,000 for one project or request up to three
separate projects for a total request of $5,000.
The DCA Grant Program is a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program and is administered by the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Attendance at an application seminar is required for first and second time applicants.
See seminar schedule below. Applicants must pre-register for the seminars.
The seminars will be held at The Arts Council for the Adirondacks new location at the
Westport Heritage House in Westport, NY at 6459 Main Street and also at
Bluseed Studios in Saranac Lake, NY.
2010 DCA Grants Seminar Schedule
Wed, August 18th, 2010
11:00 am at Bluseed Studios
Thurs. August 26th, 2010
11:00 am at ACNA
6:00 pm at Bluseed Studios
Wed. September 8th, 2010
11:00 am at Bluseed Studios
6:00 pm at ACNA
Wed. September 15th, 2019
11:00 am at ACNA
2010 Applications, Guidelines and Example Budgets are available at our office,
on our website or can be downloaded below:
2010/11 DCA Application
2010/11 DCA Guidelines
Example Budget
To find out more about other grant opportunities available at The Arts Council for the
Northern Adirondacks, go to our website: www.artsnorth.org or call or email
Athena Roth at (518) 962-8778,
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 Developing Community Arts Grants are made possible with support from the
New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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2010-2011 USArtists International Guidelines Available
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2010-2011 US Artists International
Guidelines Available
Program Supports Sending U.S.
Performing Artists to Festivals Abroad
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Baltimore, MD - July 20, 2010 - Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts announce the availability of guidelines for the 2010-2011 cycle of USArtists International("USAI"), which provides support for American dance, music, and theatre artists who have been invited to participate in significant international festivals and engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside of the United States and its territories.
Guidelines for USAI are available online here. The deadlines for the program are September 7, 2010 for projects taking place between November 1, 2010 and October 31, 2011; December 13, 2010 for projects taking place between March 1, 2011 and February 28, 2012; and April 22, 2011 for projects taking place between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. Applicants must be designated by the I.R.S. as a 501(c)(3) organization, or have a fiscal agent that is designated as a 501(c)(3) organization.
USAI is committed to ensuring that the impressive range of creative expression of American performing artists is presented before a broad international audience. The program works to strengthen the creative and professional development of American artists by providing
opportunities for the exchange of ideas and best practices with their colleagues in other countries, exposure to new audiences and performing arts programmers, and access to the international marketplace.
In 2009-2010, USAI supported seventy-one ensembles performing at festivals throughout the world. Companies have participated in the Apositsia Festival, Russia; Bali Arts Festival, Indonesia; Beijing Modern Music Festival, China; Dublin Dance Festival, Ireland; Edinburgh International Festival, United Kingdom; London Jazz Festival, United Kingdom; Lyon Dance Biennial, France; Pan-African Dance and Music Festival, Rwanda; Sauti za Busara, Tanzania; Soorya Dance and Music Festival, India; Spoleto Festival, Italy; Universal Forum of Cultures, Chile; Wangaratta Jazz Festival, Australia; and others. Artists have included a wide range of dance, music and theatre artists - from Philadanco of Philadelphia to the Mark Morris Dance Group of New York, and from the Minnesota Orchestra to SFJAZZ of San Francisco, California. A complete listing of artists and festivals can be found at www.midatlanticarts.org
In the United States, the public and private sectors work collaboratively to support the arts. USAI continues that important tradition with support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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About Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation fosters and supports arts programming for the benefit of arts organizations, artists and audiences and encourages exchanges that link the arts resources of the mid-Atlantic region to the rest of the nation and the world. The Foundation was created in 1979 and is a private non-profit organization that is closely allied with the region's state arts councils and the National Endowment for the Arts. It combines funding from state and federal resources with private support from corporations, foundations, and individuals to address needs in the arts from a regional perspective. The region includes nine states and jurisdictions: The District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia and West Virginia.
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About the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
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Changes to SOS Grant Deadlines & Support Requests
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Please Note the Following Changes in SOS Grant Deadlines and Support Requests: Artists can now request support ranging from $200 to $1,500. Also, deadlines will now be two times a year instead of three. See details about these changes below.
Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS) provides grants designed to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of specific, unique opportunities that will significantly benefit their work or career. These are $200 to $1,500 grants for forthcoming opportunities (not necessarily projects) that are distinct from an artist's ongoing work.
New 2010/11 SOS Grant Deadlines:
Round 1-For Opportunities from November 2010-May 2011
Deadline: Friday, September 24th, 2010
Round 2-For Opportunities from June 2011-October 2011
Deadline: Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The above dates are NOT postmark deadlines. Applications must be received by 5:00pm on the specified dates.
To apply:
1. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and a full-time resident for the past year of one of the participating New York State counties (see step 3 or page 6 of the application. NOTE: SOS is NOT available to residents of the 5 boroughs of New York City). Applicants cannot be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program at the time of application.
2. Complete the application by downloading the PDF:
http://artsnorth.org/forms/SOSApplication_2011.pdf
Please note that there will be no printed paper applications available anymore, the application will be available as a PDF download only. All copies submitted now must be typed.
3. Once the PDF is typed, filled in and completed, print it out and submit 7 copies of the application to your regional SOS administrator:
Athena Roth
The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks
P. O. Box 187
Westport, NY 12993
About the panel:
The panel will look for a specific, unique opportunity that is likely to advance your career. This should be an opportunity that is new in relation to your career thus far, and you should clearly explain the benefit of participation in the opportunity. Examples of fundable and non-fundable activities are included on page 2 of the application.
To learn more about SOS, visit NYFA's website. Additional pages regarding SOS can be accessed by clicking on headings in the grey bar on the left side of the page.
To find out more about the SOS grant and the other grant opportunities available at The Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, go to our grants page on our website at www.artsnorth.org or call or email Athena Roth at (518) 962-8778,
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Strategic Opportunity Stipends are administered by NYFA with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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Apple of My Eye Photography Contest
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Central Upstate NY Regional Alliance Photography Contest is a year-long competition meant to highlight the Creative Core region through the eyes of those who love it.
Each month, a single, winning image from the pool of submissions will be selected as the image of the month.
For More Information: www.creativecoreny.com;
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2010 Adirondack Juried Art Show
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Attention Artists! Don’t miss a great chance to display & sell your work:
LPCA’s 5th Annual Salute to Arts Day is scheduled for Wednesday,
August 18, 2010
Visit www.LakePlacidArts.org for registration & information.
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You may also want to see the many
grant opportunities available to artists
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Professional Development 
