PND - RFPs Leeway Foundation Offers New Grant Programs for Women and Transgendered Artists in the Philadelphia Region

Leeway Foundation Offers New Grant Programs for Women Artists in the Philadelphia Region

The Leeway Foundation, which supports individual women artists, arts programs, and arts organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region, has announced the Leeway Transformation Award and the Art and ChangeGrant, two new funding programs designed to celebrate the power and vision of women and transgendered artists creating change in the Philadelphia area.

Annual Transformation Awards of $15,000 will be presented to women and transgendered artists in the five-county Philadelphia region (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties) whose art engages in change and has an impact on the artist herself or a larger group, audience, or community; represents artistic excellence; and demonstrates continued growth and commitment. Women and transgendered artists in the Philadelphia area who work for change are invited to apply. The award is unrestricted and open to women and transgendered artists working in any art form, traditional or non-traditional. The application is a two-stage process: Stage 1 is open to all eligible women and transgendered artists. After a review of applications, selected artists will receive invitations to apply to Stage 2. (Deadline for Stage 1 is April 9, 2007.)

Art and Change Grants provide immediate, short-term grants of up to $2,500 to women and transgendered artists in the Philadelphia region who need financial assistance to take advantage of opportunities for art and change. The artist's opportunity for change must be supported by or be in collaboration with a Change Partner — a person, organization, or business that is providing the opportunity or is a part of the opportunity in some way. Eligible Change Partners include mentors, editors, galleries, community art spaces, theaters, nonprofit organizations, film studios, and clubs. (Art and Change Grant Deadlines: February 19, June 11, October 8, 2007.)

The foundation's grant programs seek to include artists and work that might otherwise be overlooked, including art by women of color, immigrant women, queer women, transgender women, poor and working-class women, and women who take risks with art form and content.

Visit the Leeway Foundation Web site for grantmaking guidelines and application forms.

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