October 27, 2021 | Issue 35

Daily Meditation & Contemplative Practice Offerings: Breathing breaks, reflection journaling, monthly morning practice, midweek mantras, mindful drawing, and meditation. This is a virtual offering from the Pratt Institute and is free and open to all.

John W. Haworth with Americans for the Arts highlights Vision Maker Media, a national Native American arts service organization which supports the creation and distribution of Native American film and other media for public television, radio, the internet, and screening venues, including cultural centers and museums.

Ethan Hawke works with TED to give this short 9 minute talk about why you should give yourself permission to be creative. In this reflective piece, Hawke speaks up the healing and connection that can be felt through embracing your creative side.

The National Endowment for the Arts's Sunil Iyengar breaks down the plans for distribution of the federal spending of the $52 million that was given back in April. In efforts to support National Arts and Humanities Month in October, NEA is focusing on more local organizations.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowships is accepting applications for their Fellowship Program. They offer eight different program-specific options based on the applicants preference, or you can apply to the general fellowship. This is a year-long fellowship that offers a stipend. Applicants must live in New York, NY during fellowship.

Application (most programs) Deadline: November 5, 2021 at 5:00pm EST

Poet Aja Monet and community organizer phillip agnew share their love story and how they learned about the powerful connection between great social movements and meaningful art. Monet's lyrical speech makes this a magical experience.

UnProductiveSolutions is looking for proposals of new forms of technology that will be presented as one of the products of the UnProductiveSolutions company. The imagined technologies may be digital, a combination of digital and analog, or post-digital. Ideas do not need to be plausible. Proposals can be made by individuals or teams. Five proposals will be awarded an honorarium.

Application Deadline: November 12, 2021 at 11:59pm EST

Honorarium Amount: $2,000

Abrons Arts Center presents the Performance AIRspace Residency that supports three New York City-based performing artists. Residents receive a commission for the creation of a new work to premiere as part of Abrons presenting season, 200 hours of studio time, administrative support, as well as a technical and production residency. This is only open to creatives currently living in NYC and must be vaccinated. This opportunity is for early-career artists.

Application Deadline: November 7, 2021 at 11:59PM EST

Grant Amount: $7,000

Black Women Photographers partnered with Nikon to offer four different grant options. These applications are open to all Black women and non-binary photographers worldwide. You may apply to multiple grants, but you can only be awarded one.

Application Deadline: November 4, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST

Awards: $10,000, $5,000, or $3,000 in grants and $10k in gear

Previous Strive to Thrive Newsletters Issue:

34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18

17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1