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Cintas Foundation Fellowship in Visual Arts
Visual Arts may include painting, sculpture, installation art, photography, film, and the media arts. Media arts encompasses narrative, documentary, animation, or experimental time-based works using audio, digital, film and/or video media; also included is computer art in which the computer is an essential element of the work’s creation, presentation or understanding.
Artists may submit a maximum of 10 digital images. We will not consider work samples that exceed the maximum. Images submitted without a detailed image list will not be considered. Installation work may be accompanied by a DVD.
Sculpture and Installation Art: At least two views of each work should be included. Ten images of at least five different pieces should be included. A DVD of not more than three minutes of a sculpture in motion may be included only for work in which mechanical or kinetic motion is an integral aspect of the work.
Photography: Photographers may submit a maximum of 10 images.
Film: You may submit one or two work samples, either completed feature length films or short films and/or works in progress. Recent work is preferable. Commercial work (i.e., work-for-hire) and work over which the applicant did not have creative control are not eligible for consideration. On the Work Sample Form, please specify clearly your contributions to the work (e.g. director, producer, writer, etc.) You must submit two copies of each film. Only DVD format is acceptable.
Media Arts: A maximum of two work samples, no longer that six minutes each, may be submitted, in addition to the complete works. Only CD and DVD formats are acceptable. Please indicate the full running time of each piece submitted on the Work Sample Form.
Since 1963, the Cintas Foundation has awarded over 300 fellowships in architecture, creative writing, music composition and the visual arts. In addition to supporting Cuban artists, many early in their careers, the Cintas Foundation also maintains a growing collection of works by past awardees and other esteemed Cuban artists. For the purpose of historical value and documentation, award recipients are encouraged to submit art work (i.e., representative samples of their work) to be added to the Cintas Fellows Collection after the grant period.
APPLICATION
GUIDELINES PROGRAM YEAR 2010
Eligibility: Creative
artists, living outside of Cuba, of Cuban citizenship
or direct lineage (having a Cuban parent or grandparent).
Application: The
original application, in black ink or, preferably,
typewritten, must be submitted. The application must
be completed in English or Spanish. Please complete all sections
of the application.
Artist's
and Project Statements: Prepare two narrative statements: The Artist's Statement describes your personal history, your development as an artist, and your plans for the future. The Project Statement describes the project or activity that you would undertake if awarded a Cintas Fellowship. Please include a timeline for the project, and identify other sources, where appropriate, of funding for the project.
Letters
of Recommendation: Candidates must submit two letters of recommendation with the application. Letters may be submitted separately, if necessary, but must be received by the application deadline. Each letter of recommendation must be submitted in a sealed envelope, with the recommender's signature across the seal. Letters of recommendation must be written in English or Spanish.
Submission
of Work Samples: All materials should be
submitted to the Cintas Fellowship Selection Program
by January 30, 2010. Candidates are urged to ship
portfolios by express mail. Acceptable formats
are DVDs and CDs accompanied by a corresponding
image list. Materials must be accompanied by the
Work Sample Form. Pieces should be carefully itemized
on this form. Limit the submission to 10 samples.
Send material to:
Cintas Fellows Collection
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
Florida International University, University Park
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: (305) 348-2890
Fax: (305) 348.2762
Email: artinfo@fiu.edu
> Download: The
CINTAS Application Form (120KB PDF)
> Download: The
CINTAS Letters of Recommendation Form (88KB
PDF)
> Download: The
CINTAS Work Sample Form (76KB PDF)
NOTICE
TO APPLICANTS: The award is considered taxable income under US tax law and the Foundation will withhold appropriate US taxes. Fellows who are not U.S. citizens and who are living abroad must provide a U.S. taxpayer identification number when they accept the fellowship to receive payment. The address for the IRS website: www.irs.gov, at which the form is readily available. |
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