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.
  • In addition to the above awards, this year the Foundation is proud to announce the addition of the following new, dedicated awards: 
  • The George Cortes Award for Classical Singing
  • The Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Set Design
  • The Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Costume Design
     
• 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.