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MAP Fund Goals
The Multi-Arts (MAP) Production Fund, a program of Creative Capital, supports original new work in all disciplines and traditions of the live performing arts. The goal of the MAP Fund is to assist artists who are exploring and challenging the dynamics of live performance within our changing society, thus reflecting our culture’s innovation and growing diversity. MAP seeks especially to support work that brings insight and vibrant critique to the issue of cultural difference, be that in class, gender, generation, ethnicity, or tradition. In contrast to the preservation or examination of existing repertoire, MAP supports those creating the art of our own time.
As with all Creative Capital programs, the MAP Fund is committed to working in partnership with the artists whom we fund, providing professional development assistance and multi-faceted financial aid throughout the life of a project. For this reason, projects that apply for MAP support early in their development often benefit most from our support.
MAP Eligibility Requirements
- Applications for MAP support must come from organizations based in the United States that have current nonprofit federal tax status. Nonprofit artist-services organization may apply as fiscal sponsors on behalf of unincorporated artists or ensembles. About fiscal sponsorship.
- The MAP Fund supports only artistic projects that contain or will contain a live-performance component. Support may be applied to any phase of a project, up to and including its premiere run. The touring of completed projects is not eligible for MAP funding. MAP is especially interested in providing support to work early in its development.
- Eligible projects must not have premiered in or outside the United States before September 1, 2008.
What MAP Does Not Fund
- Works of art that do not or will not include a live performance
- The touring, documentation or cataloging of work that has already premiered
- Projects whose main purpose is educational or whose lead artists are full-time students in degree-granting programs or their equivalent at the time of application
- Applicant organizations or artists that do not have at least 2-years professional experience
- General operating expenses of applicant organizations
- General operating or programming costs for performance festivals
- Contests
- Current employees, consultants, board members, or funders of Creative Capital, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation or the Rockefeller Foundation, or immediate family members of such persons
- Artists who were MAP Fund recipients for the past two years in a row (i.e. artists who were grantees in both 2006 and 2007 are asked to sit out one year, and may reapply in 2009)
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December 3, 2007:
Guidelines available and online application open
February 1, 2008:
MAP FUND DEADLINE
Mid-June, 2008:
Formal notification of awards and declinations
2008 Grant Period:
September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2010
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