upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

May 2016

Call for Work: Experimental TV Takeover

Termite TV will present a live video/sound installation using multiple projections, live 3-camera mixing and interactive presentations during the LIVE CULTURE program at PhillyCAM on Friday, July 1 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. [learn more]

Norris Square Neighborhood Project presents #YOSOYMISUEÑO

Linda Fernandez and Anne Harrison (ACG '15) with Norris Square Neighborhood Project present #YOSOYMISUEÑO I AM MY DREAM, a youth art showcase on June 17 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. [learn more]

Register Now: Allied Media Conference 2016!

The 18th annual Allied Media Conference will be held June 16 - 19 in Detroit bringing together a vibrant and diverse community of people using media to incite change. [learn more]

5th Annual Latino Film Festival

The Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (PHLAFF) being held June 10 – June 12 at The Caplan Recital Hall (211 S Broad St, Fl 17th) was established in 2012 and has become the Greater Philadelphia region’s only festival showcasing the extraordinary and innovative work of emerging and established Latin American and Latino filmmakers. [learn more]

Najee Gibson on Panelist for Movements for Change

Najee Gibson (ACG ’10, ’09), artist and member of Hearts on a Wire, along with Kaleia Brown, Miss Songbird of Philadelphia 2015, A. Dionne Stallworth, founding member of GenderPAC, and Ja’nae-Dardlene Tyler, HIV Prevention Specialist, HIV Advocate, and research assistant will all be panelist for Movements for Change Thursday, June 2 from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm at the William Way Community Center (1315 Spruce Street). [learn more]

Call for Submissions: Street Movies! 2016

Scribe Video Center’s Street Movies! is seeking short films and videos for the Outdoor Summer Screening Series 2016 program. Deadline: June 15, 2016 [learn more]

Black Quantum Futurism/ The AfroFuturist Affair Celebrates Opening of Community Futures Lab

Camae Ayewa (LTA ’15, ACG ’07) and Leeway board member Rasheedah Phillips of Black Quantum Futurism/ The AfroFuturist Affair, is celebrating the opening of Community Futures Lab (2204 Ridge Ave) June 18 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Community Futures Lab will function as a resource library, community studio and gallery, workshop space, story recording booth, thinktank, experimental space and more. All ages are welcome [learn more]

Registration Now Open: Tomorrow’s Girls Mentoring Program

Pat McLean (ACG '11, ’05, LTA ’06) with Tomorrow’s Girls (23 Maplewood Mall) providing a 10 week enrichment program from July 9 - September 10, designed to support and encourage young girls ages 7 - 14. [learn more]

Nanci Hersh Exhibiting New Work

Nanci Hersh (ACG ‘13, ’10) will be exhibiting, Ebb & Flow, paintings and a mixed media window installation. Work will be on display at Gallery 37: Destination for Artful Living in Milford, DE, June 4 - July 15, with a Reception on Saturday, June 4, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. [learn more]

Glitter & Grit Hits the Road: Philly at the Wooden Shoe

Heels on Wheels will be launching Glitter & Grit, at the Wooden (704 South St) on Friday, May 27 at 7:00 pm. [learn more]

Join Girls Justice League for their 2016 Summer Institute!

The 2016 Institute is an opportunity for girls ages 14-18 to experience an inclusive space that promotes girls power through social awareness. [learn more]

The Prison Summit and Art as Resistance Gallery

The Prison Summit and Art as Resistance Gallery will be held June 15 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia (1101 Arch St) from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. [learn more]

Apply Now for a DNA Seed Grant

The Detroit Narrative Agency, an initiative of Allied Media Projects, supports storytellers who are advancing the narratives of justice and liberation through compelling, quality, moving-image projects. Deadline: June 24 [learn more]

The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Fine Arts

The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in America and fosters appreciation of the arts and sciences. Deadline: June 10 [learn more]

2016 Screenwriters Lab Application is Now Open

Hedgebrook’s Screenwriters Lab supports five screenwriters in developing their projects over a weeklong residency, with two mentors from the film industry, at our retreat on Whidbey Island, Washington. Deadline: June 16 [learn more]

Call for Participation for Philadelphia Residents

Created by Philadelphia artist Maria Möller (ACG ’14, ’11) and Medellín activist Daniel Urrea in reaction to the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement,Value Content/Valor Contenido, is part of 75°West/75°Oeste, an ongoing project that exchanges ideas and knowledge, art and objects between Philadelphia and Medellín, cities which both sit on the 75th degree west line of longitude. Deadline for participation: June 6 [learn more]

Kay Wood Interviews Karen Melton and Dr. Alison Labonte

Listen to a great new Planet Philadelphia coming up May 6 at 4:00 pm on G-town Radio with guests Karen Melton and Dr. Alison Labonte. [learn more]

Artists Needed for Teen Lounge Workshops

Fleisher Art Memorial's Teen Lounge is requesting four day workshop proposals for the Fall term. Deadline: May 31 [learn more]

A Seed on Diamond Gallery exhibits work by Rocio Cabello

Opening Reception and Potluck: May 7 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm [learn more]

Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company present its 30th Anniversary Concert

This event will be held June 9 and 10 at 7:30 pm and June 11 at 3:00 pm at Christ Church Neighborhood House Theater (20 N. American St). [learn more]

New stitch works by Kathryn Pannepacker

Kathryn Pannepacker (ACG ’15, LTA ’11, WOO ’04) is exhibiting The Color and Texture of Words at Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library lobby (68 W. Chelten Ave) May 7 – July 2. She is also facilitating a preregistered workshop, make & take, June 18 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. [learn more]

Martha McDonald Performance at the Dump

Martha McDonald (ACG ’14, WOO ’03) will be performing Songs of Memory and Forgetting. The performance will take place June 5 and June 12 at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm at RAIR (7333 Milnor St). Rain date is June 19. [learn more]