Leonard Bernstein Festival
of the Creative Arts

Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts

April 22 - 26, 2009

Application Deadline: December 3, 2008, by 5:00 p.m.

• Read the guidelines before submitting your application.
• Sections marked with a * are mandatory. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. You will have time to update program descriptions as the festival approaches.

Section 1: Applicant Information

(You will be added to a grant applications listserve.)

* Campus Mailbox/Stop:

* Brandeis Affiliation:
Faculty
Staff
Undergraduate
Graduate Student

Class Year:

Organization or club (if applicable):

Section 2: Project Brief

*Title of Project:

* Type of project (choose one)
Dance
Theater
Film/Video
Music (instrumental)
Music (vocal)
Painting
Photography
Sculpture
Other:

  * One-paragraph description:

* Section 3: Project Goals

State three concrete goals for your project. For example: What do you hope to accomplish professionally? Who would you like to reach?  What does your project communicate? What will make your project personally satisfying?

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* Section 4: Budget

Grant awards typically range from $50 to $500. Explain how you will use your grant, and be as specific as possible. (Download examples of budgets for performance and visual arts projects.) NOTE: Type a zero for the amount in any fields that you are not using.

*Total amount requested
*Other sources of support

Section 5. Project Statement.

* Write a one-page narrative description of your project. Include a general overview of your project as well as your reasons for doing this project and its role in the Festival.

Section 6. Faculty or Staff Reference

Students only: Submit the name of a Brandeis faculty or staff member who can speak to your background, expertise, and ability to complete your project. A grant administrator will contact this person, so make sure they are aware of your intentions!

Section 7. Supporting Materials

Visual artists must submit work samples (JPG preferred). Send them to Ingrid Schorr, ingrids@brandeis.edu along with your application. Label each image with your last name and a title for the work (e.g. SmithHorses.jpg).

* Have you sent your work samples? 

* Performance applicants must submit a list of production staff (as complete as possible at time of application). Director, producer, and stage manager (or the equivalent) are required.

Not applicable

Section 8. Space request: VISUAL ARTS

(Performance applicants, skip this section and go to Section 9)

Preferred location (first choice)

Slosberg Music Center
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Shapiro Campus Center Art Gallery
Goldfarb Library

Other:
 
 Second choice

Slosberg Music Center
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
Shapiro Campus Center Art Gallery
Goldfarb Library
Other:
 
Please describe your project in terms of number and size of pieces, tech requirements/installation needs, etc. ):

Section 9: PERFORMERS ONLY

Check here if you wish to perform during the Performance Festival on Sunday, April 26, between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. These performances are 20 minutes long, with some exceptions, and take place at Shapiro Campus Center or Slosberg Recital Hall, scheduled by the Office of the Arts, which will provide technical support.

Check here if you plan to perform outside of the Performance Festival. You are responsible for securing and paying for the venue and all technical support. Note: The LTS staff has suggested using the courtyard outside the main entrance of the Goldfarb Library as a performance space. Contact Dave Wedaman (wedaman@brandeis.edu) to reserve. The Office of the Arts provides publicity as part of the Festival of the Arts (April 22 - 26).