[Oberlist] FR* call/grant: Academic and Artistic Fellowships (composers, writers & visual artists)

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Cassis, France

The Camargo Foundation
Academic and Artistic Fellowships

Call for composers, writers, and visual artists.
http://www.camargofoundation.org

The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, is an interdisciplinary
and multicultural residential center for scholars pursuing studies in the
humanities and social sciences related to French and francophone cultures
as well as for composers, writers, and visual artists (painters,
sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, video artists, and new media
artists) pursuing creative projects.
The Foundation's campus includes twelve furnished apartments, a reference
library, a music/conference room, an artist's studio with darkroom, a
composer's studio, and a studio for either an artist or a composer.
Residencies are one semester (either early-September to mid-December or
mid-January to mid-April).

Conditions of the Fellowship:

The Camargo fellowship is a residential grant. A $1,500 stipend is also
available. Fellows who need additional funds for living or research
expenses should apply for them from other sources. Fellows may not accept
gainful employment that coincides with their stay at Camargo. Fees for
occasional lectures or participation in seminars are allowed.

Spouses/adult partners and dependent minor children may accompany fellows
for short stays or for the duration of the residency. Because of physical
arrangements at the Camargo Foundation, accompanying children must be at
least six years old upon arrival, and enrolled in and attend school. Only
those whose names appear on the application form may be in residence.
Fellows must actually be in residence at the Foundation. This stipulation
does not preclude absences during weekends and recesses that coincide with
those of the French schools in the Marseille-Aix-Cassis area. Frequent or
prolonged absences are unacceptable.

The time in Cassis must be spent on the project proposed to and accepted
by the selection committee; i.e. the project may not be substantially
altered without the approval of the committee.

Project discussions are held once a week (except during semester breaks)
so each fellow has an opportunity to present the project s/he is working
on to the group. The project discussion serves as a progress report. A
written report will be required at the end of the residency. Fellows are
asked to give a copy of any completed work to the Camargo library. Any
publication, exhibit, or performance resulting from the grant should give
credit to the Foundation.

Applicants to the Camargo Foundation may include:

Members of university and college faculties who wish to pursue special
studies while on leave from their institutions;

Independent scholars and professors emeriti working on specific projects;

Teachers in secondary schools, public or private, benefiting from a leave
of absence in order to work on some pedagogical or scholarly project;
Graduate students whose academic residence and general requirements have
been met and for whom a stay in France would be beneficial in completing
the dissertation required for their degree;

Composers, writers, and visual artists (painters, sculptors,
photographers, video artists, filmmakers, and new media artists) with
specific projects to complete.

Guidelines for applications:

Academic projects must have a connection to France or Francophone
cultures. Artistic projects do not have this requirement.

Most projects are individual. Collaborative projects are also welcome, but
only one fellowship will be awarded to one individual per project. The
Camargo Foundation does not consider projects for film scripts. Play
scripts are welcome.

Applications (including projects, supporting materials and letters of
reference) for academic fellowships are accepted in English or French.
Applications (including projects, supporting materials and letters of
reference) for composition, creative writing, and visual arts fellowships
are accepted in English only.
In the interests of the Camargo interdisciplinary, multicultural
community, candidates must be able to communicate well in English. A basic
knowledge of French is also useful.
Research should be sufficiently advanced not to require resources
unavailable in the Marseille-Cassis Aix region. These requirements affirm
the Foundation’s identity and mission as a center for scholars and artists
well into the writing/creating phases of their projects as opposed to a
research facility.

Applications are now accepted online.

Translation projects are welcome. If the project is to translate and
publish a translation of creative writing, then the applicant should
select Creative Writing as the primary category. If the project is to
translate a scholarly work, then the applicant should select Academic as
the primary category.

Academic and independent scholars are asked to include one or two
paragraphs in their project description locating their project
conceptually and/or bibliographically in the context of the most important
works available in the field. They must also submit a one-page project
bibliography with their application. This bibliography should list the
works that have informed their research. A list of the applicant’s own
publications may be included in the CV.

Candidates in composition, creative writing, and visual arts (painting,
sculpting, photography, video arts, filmmaking, and new media arts) must
submit samples of their work.

While most supporting materials can be uploaded, scores, recordings, films
and videos may be sent by postal mail.

Applicants who mail hard copy materials in support of their application
and wish them to be returned, must provide a self-addressed envelope and
international postage vouchers for the appropriate amount. An indication
of current French postal rates by weight can be found here.

The online application system provides the opportunity for applicants to
invite recommenders to submit their letters of recommendation online. This
is the preferred method. Alternatively, recommenders may provide letters
of recommendation via postal mail. Letters that are not provided online
must either be collected by applicants in sealed, signed envelopes, or be
sent directly to the Camargo Foundation by the recommenders. Faxed letters
are not accepted.

Letters of recommendation should be current and written specifically for
the Camargo Foundation Fellowship Application by individuals familiar with
the applicant's professional work. Appropriate letter writers include
department heads, thesis directors, and other professional colleagues.

Letters of recommendation for academic fellowships may be written in
English or French. Letters of recommendation for composition, creative
writing, and visual arts fellowships must be in English.


data limita: 12/01/10 - 12 am

Kontakt:
The Camargo Foundation
Application Coordinator
1, avenue Jermini
13260 Cassis
France
apply la camargofoundation.org
http://www.camargofoundation.org

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