Eroticism & Cash

Two upcoming deadlines:

Tupelo Press is looking for erotic poetry due by (when else?) Valentine's Day. Check out this link.

Also, the Sustainable Arts Foundation is now accepting applications for its spring awards (due March 1). These awards are for artist-parents and parent-artists. See the following post for explanations. (And I guess you if you read (or write) too much erotic poetry, you might soon need a Sustainable Arts Foundation grant.)

Sustainable Reminder

Just a quick reminder that the Sustainable Arts Foundation Winter Awards deadline is coming up at the end of the month. This foundation supports artists and writers who have families. See an old post of mine for more details, or just go to their website!

Sustainable Arts

Last month I posted about the Sustainable Arts Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting artists who are parents and parents who are artists continue with their work despite the demands of family life. The foundation has made its inaugural Summer Awards, and you can peruse a list of the awardees here. (There were a stunning 800 applicants, so hearty congratulations to the awardees are in order.)

The foundation is now accepting applications for its Winter Awards. There have been a few changes in their guidelines, so please be sure to read the updated guidelines here, if you want to apply.

Winners can receive up to $6000 in support for projects and in recognition of quality art, so have a look. It could be very well worth your while.

For Parents Who Write

This post is for parents who write, or who sculpt or paint, or collage. Or writers and artists who parent. Mothers who make movies and fathers who photograph, listen up. The Sustainable Arts Foundation wants to support you. This foundation offers grants to parents with at least one child under 18 (with a preference for families living in the San Francisco Bay area) who are simultaneously trying to follow their artistic pursuits and raise their families.

The awards, available in the visual arts and in writing, reward excellence. Up to $6000 is available in each category.  Although the deadline for the summer award (May 20) has passed, you can begin preparing your application for the winter award (deadline September 30, award announced December 1).

Parent-artists, or artist-parents (depending on the day!), are always struggling to find enough time, money and  freedom to follow their twin pursuits, with all too little support in this world in which both parenting and the arts are undervalued in the marketplace. Thank goodness for organizations like the Sustainable Arts Foundation, which recognize the value of what we, parents and art-makers, are trying to accomplish with no sleep, no funding, and precious little time.

If you are a parent who could use some support in your pursuit of art, click on the link to see if this boon could work for you.