Award Categories
The Foundation will grant $5,000 awards for individual artistic projects in
the following categories:
- Literary Arts: poetry,
fiction, creative non-fiction, screenwriting, playwriting.
- Visual Arts: painting,
sculpture, drawing, printmaking, installation, photography, collage, static
digital art, performance art.
- Media Arts: film
(narrative, documentary, experimental or artistic), video (narrative, documentary,
experimental or artistic), time-based digital art.
- Performing Arts:
musical composition, choreography, original production.
- The Robert L.B. Tobin
Grand Prize for Artistic Excellence
Winners
from each category will be considered for an additional award
in the amount of $7,500. The Foundation Board of Directors will select the recipient.
The Foundation anticipates awarding eleven (11) $5,000
awards plus The Robert L.B. Tobin Grand Prize for Artistic Excellence. Foundation awards are highly competitive and do not require a cash match. The number of awards granted per category depends on the number of eligible
applicants.
The application period is September 1, through October 15, 2010.