Transformation Award
2012 Deadlines
- Stage 1 May 15
- Stage 2 is by invitation only
The Transformation Award provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women and trans artists living in the Delaware Valley region who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.
The Award is unrestricted (it is not project-based) and open to women and trans people working in any art form, traditional or non-traditional.
We encourage you to apply if you are a woman or trans artist who:
- Creates art for social change that impacts a larger group, audience, or community.
- Has been creating art for social change for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to this work.
- Has financial need and limited or no access to other financial resources.
- Has lived for the past two or more years in the Delaware Valley region: Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County.
The Transformation Award application is a two-stage process.
Stage 1: Leeway will award up to 10 Transformation Awards in 2012. This is a two-stage application process. The Stage 1 application is due TBD. Stage 1 is open to all eligible applicants. A panel of community-based artists will review applications and make decisions to invite applicants to submit work samples for Stage 2 by TBD.
Stage 2: By invitation only. All invited applicants from Stage 1 will receive an application stipend to help cover the costs of preparing work samples. In addition to the stipend, we will offer each applicant support through in-person meetings and application feedback, as needed. The Stage 2 deadline will be announced to finalists only. All invitees will receive notification and announcement of final Awardees in December 2012.
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*Please note, all Leeway Grants and Awards are selected by a peer review panel. The decisions made by these panels are final; they cannot be overturned by Leeway staff or Board.
